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I would suggest learning Python, C, and then C# to get decent base. After you learn one language the rest come so easy. I started learning Python in highschool and then Java/C/Ruby during college. You can find a career that uses those pretty easily but I would also suggest learning some front-end web programming/design with html/css/js.

If you are interested in Flash then instead I would suggest learning: Python with front-end on the side. Look into PHP, Ruby, and Java to see if you like any of those languages. (A lot of CS people would be angry that I don't suggest C to start out but I think a lot of that is nostalgia for people).

I went to college for a bit and decided not for me (didn't pay much), taught myself everything about web design, web analytics, web advertising, etc. and after about 4 years of working my way up the ladder I'm a manager at a 10k employee company.

I only tried because someone on Reddit said I could. My initial plan was to go back to college (I still will but not because I have to).

I would say math is harder for physics, but engineering takes more time IMO, because in general physics majors don't have to do design projects (Source: Graduated with BS in Computer Engineering, knew physics majors)

I admit, my experience is anecdotal. At my university (Mich St.) doing a thesis in physics is optional, you can either do a thesis or replace those credits spent on the thesis on more coursework.

In my experience many of the upper level electrical and computer science courses along with homework, quizzes, and tests; often require time-intensive projects, which combined are less mathematically/logically rigorous than upper-level physics courses but take more time to complete.

As an example, my upper level VLSI course simplified a lot of the math behind semiconductor operation, but required design projects which took massive amounts of time to organize/build/complete. Capstone projects too, I would say are not as conceptually difficult as a research based thesis, but certainly can take as much if not more time to complete.

My experience may not be accurate for all universities/degree programs.

Engineering Science (used to be called Engineering Physics) at UofT had a 2nd year design and a 4th year thesis. I believe there are similar programs in other universities. Not worth it unless you're a masochist.

its hard because of physical chemistry courses. (physics, calculous, and chemistry and all their individual rules working together like in real life) It is the bane of every chemistry and physics major.

75% of jobs could be occupied by an intelligent unskilled teenager with on the job training.

Most of the time all you need for a job is people skills and brains.

Employers are likely to employ people they get along with and have a certain level of respect for. If you come in and act like an SAP, chances are you will be shown the door.

A degree is pretty much essential for a job with a decent salary these days

It doesn't really matter what your degree is in, unless you desperately want to specialise. With the exception of the new-age degrees, a degree is a pre-requisite for getting accepted to a job. It shows you can write and speak and think about large things complexly, it shows you have been part of a group environment and that you can live with people and that you have a certain level of independence.

They know if you arrive with good grades, that you dragged your ass out of bed for lectures and handed things in on time. They know you studied and applied yourself to things you didn't necessarily enjoy.

Seriously, getting a good job without a degree is nothing but hard work, it's an uphill slog that will see you kiss a hell of a lot of ass and work and work and work.

Don't bash non-specialist degrees, because chances are, all you elitists will just end up sat next to a phil major in the interview queue, unless you really do want to work with chemicals all your life.

Having just started college, I will tell you that some of the kids I knew in high school (and my school was in a pretty well-to-do area with high academic expectations) do not meet the criteria of being able to "write and speak and think about large things complexly". Those people somehow still managed to get good grades and get admitted to good colleges, which scares me.

1) High-school teaching. Not great pay but generally fulfilling.
2) College teaching. Nicer pay and universities help you get published.
3) Editing/copywriting/etc.
4) Enjoy what you study during school.

Some people like chemistry, some like psychology, some like reading and writing. I was an engineer for a year and realized I didn't really care about specific heat or L'Hopital's Rule or torque. Don't get me wrong: all of those things interest me, and they're entirely important as they help sustain the world we have made while allowing us to forge ahead. I probably could have done engineering and done it well. But at the end of the day, words make me happiest, so ima do me. And if you don't do you, then what's the point?

I went to college with this guy. He would play the piano in the cafeteria and would play literally whatever you would shout out. I said Star Wars and he did not disappoint. He did the well known ones for sure, but man, he did Across the Stars, the Droid Invasion, the Battle at Tattooine. I was really impressed.

ok, i'm just saying, while this is a good song, most of these are not very thought through. he says physics just leads back to engineering but that could only be less true, engineers do not necessarily know anything about the big bang or even einsteins theory of relativity or special theory of relativity. some he says he would never choose subjectively because they either gross him out or bore him but that is just subjective and what bores one does not bore all. while i can understand the subjective viewpoints, alot of the "facts" he seems to be talking about are misinformed at least and they have little to no footing in what i actually being talked about. i am not, however saying that this man should be looked down upon but the person who made the song so naively. essentially what i am saying is, this is a poorly written song and does not speak quite clearly enough about what the majors actually are like. some things i will agree with, but others I scoff at how misinformed they are about what they are talking about.

I am the very model of a modern student engineer,
From calculus to physics there is not a single course I fear,
I know my basic science and I use it fairly regularly,
I go to school in Waterloo, I couldn't get to MIT.
I'm very well acquainted too with matters mathematical,
I understand equations both a simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I am teeming with a lot of news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse,
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus,
I know about computers and I once programmed my own OS,
In short for matters technical or physical or chemical,
I am a smarter person than a modern major general.

I'm pretty good with science, but I struggle with biology
It's not that I can't master stuff like epidemiology
But flirting with the ladies is a topic where I suffer most
They have a tendency to avoid me like I'm a viral host
But in the end I know it true, that I will meet that special lass
'Cause I'll be rich and famous like Bill Gates or Steven Wozniak
But if that fails I've some back up plans that will keep me alright
I'll simply use my skills to build a super awesome Robot Wife

My favourite number without doubt would have to be the value pi
A funny little decimal of 3.14159
In short, in matters technical, or physical or chemical
I am a smarter person than the artsies are, in general.

It will only be a short while before I recieve my iron ring
And in the meantime I will enjoy customs such as purpling
But most of all I will up hold our single most important rule
And only once I graduate will I lay my hands upon the Tool
And though there may be hard times in the future I will persevere
I'll keep my chin up high and work like hell 'cause I'm an engineer
Well maybe not yet legally but I surely am one deep at heart
Who else would spend their Friday nights on campus stealing laser parts?

My side work may infringe upon our national security
But I swear I only built it for my own damn curiosity
In short for matters technical or physical you should not fear
You do not have to worry you can trust me I'm an engineer

I can confirm the physics thing. On the other hand, many jobs require a degree in engineering OR physics. It might behoove you to act like you're looking for a job now, and find the lists of required or desired skills, and try to get experience in as many of them as you can.

Also, if you're still in college, don't you DARE not take a programming class. Programming experience is not required to graduate, but often is to get a job, or at least it helps a lot.

I always thought that "naïveté" was pronounced "nye-ee-vett", and that the Poetry joke was that the line didn't rhyme or have the right number of syllables, which would be a very naïve thing for a Poetry major to do. With the right pronunciation that line makes perfect sense though.